Bat-Glass & Gotham
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I recently got a vintage lens that was used in the most recent Batman movie (the one with the twilight dude), which gave the lens the nickname “Bat-Glass”
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It’s really called the Helios-44 and it was made in Russia about 50 years ago as a knock-off to compete against a German company. However it was poorly designed which led to some serious flaws in it’s image quality. But over time photographers started using those flaws creatively and BOOM! The lens isn’t flawed anymore. It suddenly is ~vintage~ and has lots of unique ✨characteristics✨
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It’s most famous feature is the swirly bokeh in the background of portrait shots. Check out pic #5 that my wife Sarah helped demonstrate so perfectly 😇
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#sonyalpha #sonya1 #helios44 #chicago
